[Ammi]

..there are so, so many I could nominate...music artists, I'll say Joni Mitchell first because of personal reasons and the lyrics of one of her songs in particular so much reflected one of the darkest times in my life and helped me feel not quite so alone..it's that person 'reaching out to you and understanding', is what meaningful music does, I think...also Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)..., Barbra Streisand, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross...ughh, just loads...

..some non music artists would be Tom Hanks, Angela Lansbury, Sir Ian McKellen, Eddie Izzard, Helen Mirren, Dame Judy Dench, Maggie Smith..and on and on it goes....